STATE POLICE SHOOT MAN WHO RAN TOLL BOOTHS - Vehicle Crashed Near Charleston Exit

(01/06/2003)

A man raced up the West Virginia Turnpike yesterday running through all three toll booths. The chase ended when he crashed his vehicle and was shot by a State Police trooper near a Charleston exit. Details remain sketchy but State Police say the man drove through the toll booths and then crashed his vehicle after exiting the turnpike near Charleston. Senior Trooper Jay Powers says authorities are trying to determine what caused the trooper to shoot the man. State Police have not released the man's name or the trooper's. Turnpike officials alerted troopers that the man had run the toll booths, but they didn't have the staff on hand to respond, said Powers. It wasn't until the driver reached Charleston that a trooper made contact with the vehicle. The man has undergone surgery.

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